Any way to use a HOTAS?

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  • vJoy

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  • Here is the HOTAS solution that works for me and it works for any brand. I have a VKB stick, TWCS throttle, DSD button box and a homemade button box, all merged into one vjoy device. Download and install vjoy https://github.com/shauleiz/vJoy/releases , configure like this, click on tab 1 so the number 1 is green. under axes, check all. Set number of buttons to 128, set POV hat switch to 4 directions, set POVs to 4, uncheck force feedback effects. Check enable vjoy, close vjoy configure, it runs in the background and auto starts with Windows so no need to turn it on or off. Download and install Joystick Gremlin https://whitemagic.github.io/JoystickGremlin/download/ watch this video for setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd3h2tWDGXU&ab_channel=xl0p this program will merge all of your HOTAS devices into one device. Do not use HidHide or any other controller hiding program, that is what messes up VTOL VR. When you assign your HOTAS axes, hats and buttons to vjoy buttons, make a map of the new numbers and names. Start the VTOL VR mod loader, one click install the physical input mod. https://vtolvr-mods.com/mod/duaf6ktc/ . Follow the read me instructions exactly. Refer to the button map you made when editing the physicalinput.xml. Assign one hat each to the joystick thumbstick and throttle thumbstick for slew. Only edit the xml with Notepad ++. You can use the same gremlin profile in DCS, just disable all of the separate control columns in DCS control settings.

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